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U. s. `PA'ITENII? OFFLGE.

Tea Kettles.

l Lelfrs PatentNQ. 763, aateol March 1Q, 1861.

SPECIFICATION.

@ro ALL WHoM 1T MAY coNcERN;

l Be it known, that We, ALBION RANSN and. RENSSELAER D. GRANGEB, of' the city ofAlbany, and Stateof New York, have invented a 'certain new and useful improvement on- Gast Iron Tea Kettles; and ive do lhereby declare the following is affull,V clear, and exact .description thereof, reference being had to Vthe accompanyingfdrawinga and to the letters and marks thereon.

lThe cast iron tea kettle, as heretofore generally constructed, had thelid orV cover lying upon theedgesorlipsfof the mouth, andwit'hout any means of being kept in position, andthe bail orhandle lying upon the breast or body of the kettle. When thusconstructed, the lid is liableto. slide or fall ofland the bail to become heated, particularly when thekettle is used for the, stove. The bail being heated, a holdei` would have to be used to prevent the hand being burnt; a holden would also have .to' ,be used to move the lid.

Now, our invention has for its object rernedying these* evils ofthe lid or cover` and of the bail.;l and our invention consists' in vso attaching the lid lto the body of the kettle,.that itwill not fall oil', but thatit may be turned to the one'- side, and 'when soturned, will remainl in the open position, the turning o being accom- .I plished by moving the bail; and in so placing the bail that it' will notV rest 'upon the breast or body of the kettle and become heated, but will be off frorn 4the body,'

and at alltimescool enough to besaiely handled.

The drawings forming part of' this specification, sh'ovy our invention applied to the stove teakettle.

2y p U. S. PATENT OFFICE, 1861.-No. 763.

. y Ransom and Grangers Improvement 'iniTea Kettles.

Figure 1 of these drawings illustrating the position 'of the bail, when the lidis i upon the mouth of the kettle; and

Figure 2, the position of the bail and lid, when'the nouth is uncovered and the lid in its sustained and'elevated condition. l

In carrying out our invention we cast thelid a', Ywith .astud or projectionb, and

the body of the kettle c also with a projection or eye d. A pin passed through holes in these projecting pieces serves to connect the lid and the body, and forms the turning point of the former upon the latter.

v The piece b of the lid, it will be noticed, extends upward lin the character ofa beak e, thus forming a rest for the bail f, when the lid is over the mouth, From this beak e to the edge/of' the lid, the upper surface g 'of' this projection is curved',4 by virtue of which, when the bail pressed downwards, the lid is elevated, I and can be thrown fully back to the 'position shown in figure 2. lThe under surface of the projecting piece b is likewise curved, h the line of' the curve being that of the breastlz' of' the kettle, so that, when the 'lid is elevated as shown by figure 2, it is supported in the erect, or nearly erect position.

l from the breast of' the kettle, as herein recited.

What we claim as new in .cast iron tea kettles is, connecting the lid or cover to the breast of the kettle by studs or projections constructed substantially as described, whereby the lid will be held to the body at all times, and be in theV erect or nearly erect position when thrown -up or out, and the bail befheldO 'ALBION RANSOM, It. D. GRANGER. Witnesses:

JOHN S. BARNES, JAMES A. GrREIG.y 

